“someone from Britain travels to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland on average every eight days for an assisted death. it’s not cheap, at 10,000 pounds… these death journeys are a grim option, when most people want to die at home surrounded by family and friends."

“Police need to realize that in the UK, suicide is not a crime, and mental health authorities need to recognize that not everyone who seeks to end their life is in need of psychiatric intervention. Avril’s death was a clear case of ‘rational suicide’, and her decision to die at her own time and in her own place should have been respected."

“Lord Rix changed his mind to support assisted dying after terminal illness a week before his death"

voted against assisted dying bill in 2006, but changed his mind because of his own terminal illness

Lord Rix: “As a dying man, who has been dying now for several weeks, I am only to conscious that the laws of this country make it impossible for people like me to be helped on their way, even though the family is supportive of this position and everything that needs to be done has been dealt with."

“I have taken care of them for years. I took them to hospitals in Bangladesh and India, I sold my shop to pay for their treatment but now I’m broke… The government should decide what it wants to do with them. They are suffering and have no hope of recovery. I can’t bear it any longer."

opinion piece written by a doctor in California where Assisted-Death recently became legalized.

as a doctor, Zitter didn’t know how to react to this new law. it didn’t feel “right” to help patients end their lives; even though, ultimately, Zitter is glad that the option exists for patients who are suffering

final point: california must continue to establish policies that help patients make the right decision and guide them and their family through their decisions.